Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?

[Jeff Hubatka]

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:40:45 +0200
Stanton, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Do I need an Apple Decoder card to use the DVD-ROM features of this 
drive?
Data DVDs should work.
Is there DVD software either as part of OS 9/OS X, or available 
separately
which will allow my Wallstreet to read & play DVD's?
VLC or perhaps Mplayer under OS X (not sure of if MP do DVDplaying), 
but
I think you'll find that you need at least a G4 upgrade card to be able
to play DVDs without hardware decoding. Even with that you prboably 
need
to set the software to drop frames.
I had a combo drive in a FW case, but could not watch DVD's on my 
Lombard 333 (no hardware decoding). I could mount the disk on the 
desktop, but nothing would play. That was using Apple's DVD player, 
Mplayer and VLC. I know the drive worked, I tested it with my G4 first.

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